True, Michael was a very talented man, and by all acounts a genuinley nice person as well.
@sillylittlegguy4 ай бұрын
brain nourishment
@user-ss8tq6op6e10 ай бұрын
Is that Richard Stilgoe in the background?
@lilchwis442310 ай бұрын
Yes indeed!
@cocoo299 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what the different lyrics are here?
@cocoo299 Жыл бұрын
This is actually insane
@cocoo299 Жыл бұрын
His so beautiful.
@sage7441 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful beautiful man ❤
@LisalovesTheandMCR Жыл бұрын
Mr Claypole!
@autumnking2246 Жыл бұрын
The way he sings in that clip reminds me a bit of Holly Johnson 👍
@outlawssweetheart2 жыл бұрын
Oh, how I wish there was footage of this! 😂 This is great, THANK YOU for uploading it!
@z.m.stewart19962 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, thanks so much for uploading, Ray Shell’s unmatched for me as Rusty and I always find myself missing this number. The piece that falls off his costume at the beginning adds some charm to this XD
@lilchwis44232 жыл бұрын
This song is really awesome. Ray Shell will always have a place in my heart as my Rusty!!!!
@MrMakeDo2 жыл бұрын
What a hottie.
@vincentmcgrath41792 жыл бұрын
I worked with Michael did not know him well; saw him just before he died far too young like many others during the forgotten pandemic
@thefangirl163 жыл бұрын
2:42
@lilchwis44233 жыл бұрын
You know it boy
@ThomasAdamLamb3 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for uploading this, he was an amazing performer .. he had so much more to give.. but what he left is clearly still inspirational and here I am at 42 still searching for him, guessing he would be 70 plus now! His Mr Claypole was my childhood!
@gayham3 жыл бұрын
This guy was my childhood. I've only just discovered how amazing he was. Love him. X
@ItstheA2593 жыл бұрын
Thank for posting this. I used to write Michael a lot when I was a child. He always wrote back. Fabulous man.
@leahrosecrossan3 жыл бұрын
Who’s that Greaseball? It sounds like Drue Williams, but I don’t remember when he was GB.
@lilchwis44233 жыл бұрын
Yes that's Drue Willaims - nice catch! He took over in the mid 1980s and I believe left in the 90s. Here's a great bit of history with him kzread.info/dash/bejne/dWlm0pODdb2phtY.html
@leahrosecrossan3 жыл бұрын
@@lilchwis4423 Thank you!! Man, I love Drue! I knew him originally from The Baker’s Wife, and I found his Pumpin Iron a little while back!!
@alyssaxrad3 жыл бұрын
How cool!!!
@senorharry92754 жыл бұрын
Sounds a bit like ‘Fame’ by Bowie. Great bit of history. x
@Charlotte-ci4is4 жыл бұрын
Is that Frances ruffelle?
@_Itsjustkrys_4 жыл бұрын
Sure is! Frances was the original Dina.
@artierace86644 жыл бұрын
Is this Michael Staniforth?
@lilchwis44234 жыл бұрын
Artie Race I believe this is Peter Rees. Michael Staniforth left some time in 1986.
@artierace86644 жыл бұрын
@@lilchwis4423 thank you!
@thehockeynerd34794 жыл бұрын
He has the perfect voice for this role
@madabbafanАй бұрын
Agreed, he was a very talented man.
@tristanbray21844 жыл бұрын
Hi there, Rusty! Rusty, bye bye.
@lakeswirl69854 жыл бұрын
i love how he gets more bouncy and in-character as the song goes on! he was so talented. those high notes!!!
@TheDarkplace4 жыл бұрын
He performed it once on Blue Peter. I wonder if it's in an archive somewhere.
@lilchwis44234 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a video of that somewhere. I never found any videos or anything on this number (though olc stuff is hard to find) so I assumed it was the only video of Michael Staniforth performing it. I hope such a recording exists somewhere, it would be sad if that was gone forever.
@boofuls4 жыл бұрын
I detect Sir richard stilgoe lurking in the back ground making sure everything is just so ..no doubt 😏😊
@paulnewbs9974 жыл бұрын
Fantastic to see this, he was so talented
@garethglitter59324 жыл бұрын
Is Mr Claypole in this?
@tristanbray21844 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@jasonwhitt65174 жыл бұрын
And that's Tracey Ullman as Pearl!
@TFOOS5 жыл бұрын
Hi - I'm creating a video about Rentaghost for my channel and would like to use a small piece of this clip if possible?
@agent_2775 жыл бұрын
Nice👍
@bethandavies69355 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see, thank you x
@MuppetHell5 жыл бұрын
0:42 I have no clue who that man is but he looks so depressed to be wearing all that train makeup
@paulnewbs9974 жыл бұрын
Looks like Tom Jobe who later went on to play Electra
@thehockeynerd34794 жыл бұрын
That was the current Electra
@moony18572 жыл бұрын
It's Zaine Griff, who played Electra during this workshop.
@fraserkatie5 жыл бұрын
I think youve not got a workshop clip youve got a rare clip of the rehearsal of it in a studio before the show starts!
@finalfightguy4 жыл бұрын
100 percent the workshop performance.
@klaine4eva167 Жыл бұрын
definitely a workshop. He's (Michael) seen I. that same outfit in other workshop clips.
@fraserkatie5 жыл бұрын
Just googled the words - Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. See the news on you TV Rail disaster Ever wonder why was he Getting faster Every time the red caboose Takes a train Seems to loose it's braking shoes Can't explain (Stop that train) Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. Hiding at the back of the freight train Unsupected When they robbed the great train I collected While the feds shake their heads I'm on the loose There each time at the scene of the crime The red caboose (Stop that train) Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. The state police they don't suspect I got old ninety seven wrecked Interpol don't know that I Crossed the bridge on the river Kwai Seems like any train that takes me Just doesn't get the brakes Somebody go fetch a cop Another train just failed to stop (Brake that train) Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. Ten four Smokey bear I could be anywhere You know I'm to blame But you don't know my name Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. C.B. Hanging loose C.B. The red caboose
@lilchwis44235 жыл бұрын
The lyrics are different here tho, as it's the workshop production
@pidgedidge5 жыл бұрын
I knew C.B. was bad but this is DARK. What a great villain.
@cocoo299 Жыл бұрын
nuh uh
@paulanthonyhoeflich89885 жыл бұрын
Thaaaaaank you. My dream show !!!!!!! I want to be in this show.
@fraserkatie5 жыл бұрын
As a theatre fan I love Starlight Express but what song is this? Anyone elaborate for me?
@lilchwis44235 жыл бұрын
This song is "CB" from the original production of Starlight Express in London (on Broadway, it was changed to "Wide Smile"). It was cut from a lot of tours, and the character was cut sometimes too (mostly in the UK tours, and in the "New Starlight Express" London revision). It was in every version in Bochum, and was known as "Mein Spiel." The song just recently got updated text in Bochum, as they reworked the character entirely. It's probably one of my favorite songs in the show, along with Liebesexpress and Pumping Iron. I personally dislike the changes to the Red Caboose in the new 2018 revisions in Bochum, as they took away the whole double-sided personality of him and just made him strictly evil.
@MissPsychocandy19733 жыл бұрын
@@lilchwis4423 taking out There's Me was a crime. I saw Michael play this part three times as a ten year old and cried every time.
@outlawssweetheart2 жыл бұрын
@@lilchwis4423 Oh no, they changed Caboose like that? 😣 I've only recently got into STEX, and I've read about some changes they've made since 2017 that I really dislike; changing "A Whole Lotta Locomotion" to "I Got Me," changing "Crazy," changing "Dinah's Disco" ... all to pander to modern ideals, and it completely changes the characters and takes out the fun and innuendos. 😒 UGH, add one-noting C.B.'s character to the list, I guess. 🙃
@lilchwis44232 жыл бұрын
@@outlawssweetheart Yeah they have changed the show a lot. The idea is to keep it fresh so people are more likely to return knowing something new and fresh is there. That being said, I have a soft spot for Caboose as he was always my favorite as a kid... and I think the current version really is butchering the character. Anyone can have their own opinion, but I feel like there was something special that was lost. If you aren't familiar with German, definitely check out the Broadway production! Someone uploaded it here on KZread, and it's quite a good version!
@fraserkatie5 жыл бұрын
Shame hes no longer with us , great performer in this and in Rentaghost and loving Richard Stilgoe watching in the background. Ive met Richard Stilgoe
@lilchwis44235 жыл бұрын
Richard Stilgoe looks almost the same lol
@paulanthonyhoeflich89885 жыл бұрын
You met Stilgoe ??? I'm jealous
@paulanthonyhoeflich89886 жыл бұрын
More videos please ?
@ladyjennyanytime51956 жыл бұрын
I think you may have got the date wrong of his birth as it would make him 42 when he appeared in STEX, im pretty certain he was younger than that. I know it says the same on Wikipedia too, but i think thats gotta be wrong too.
@lilchwis44236 жыл бұрын
jonathan clay Yeah I just copied the dates from Wikipedia so
@ladyjennyanytime51956 жыл бұрын
He was in his early 20s when he did Rentaghost & ghe cast change over for A chorus line in the 70s so i think he was probebly mid/late 20s when he did STEX. Steph Lawrence was one of the oldest in the show at around 30(which by future Pearl actresses cast in the role is quite old by stex standards) But yeah I remember Michael passing as a kid and being really upset by it as he was one of my heroes from Rentaghost as a kid. He was very young though. tken too soon. :-(
@ItstheA2596 жыл бұрын
jonathan clay Michael was born in 1942 making one of the older cast members of Starlight Express. He had a long career as a musical theatre performer before that in shows such as Hair, when he was indeed in he’s twenties. Michael died in 1987 at the age of 44. Trust me, I know. He is very much missed.
@paulanthonyhoeflich89886 жыл бұрын
Kate Peake I resent him being gone. I listened to Starlight Express often in my childhood in the 90s.
@stuartmacrae1775 жыл бұрын
Kate Peake because he still comes across as so contemporary and lovable, it feels as if he could be a star today, he is very much missed but also still very present in our consciousness and memories of his fantastic work on stage and TV.
@paulanthonyhoeflich89886 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to see the original Opening for the 2nd Act. The rap they did was decades ahead of 1984. The best 2nd Act opening for 'STRLGT XPRSS'.
@jasonwhitt65174 жыл бұрын
There's now a video up of an entire London performance from 1988. It seems to have the original Rap in it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aK6n1stqosm6orQ.html
@paulanthonyhoeflich89886 жыл бұрын
This best video I've seen on KZread. I'm gonna send this to Ray Shell.
@paulanthonyhoeflich89886 жыл бұрын
Ray was so shocked when he saw this footage.
@alyssacollier18736 жыл бұрын
excellent find!
@eiizq6 жыл бұрын
Great video once again! I’m amazed on how you find these, they’re so rare. Thanks for the upload.
@Bunnyinthebasement6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this! The choreography from Greaseball and the diesels are great :)
@lilchwis44236 жыл бұрын
Lyrics: Control, Control This is turning into a real grudge match Take a chill pill everyone We're gonna settle this on the track So let's be friendly, let's have fun And let's get hitched Every engine choose a track Pick up the loops and climb on the back Train now standing on platform nine Get off the platform back on the line All line up and promenade Let's have a look at the trains we've made Hey, Electra chose the freezer Now Espresso best not eat, he got a Buffy, got her flashly Bobo's making smoke with Ashley Dinah's got her Greaseball lined up Come on Pearl, make your mind up All along we won't get far Take your wagons to the start Hurry up Rusty, get joined on Too late, train time gone
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No one is better as CB than him!
True, Michael was a very talented man, and by all acounts a genuinley nice person as well.
brain nourishment
Is that Richard Stilgoe in the background?
Yes indeed!
Does anyone know what the different lyrics are here?
This is actually insane
His so beautiful.
Beautiful beautiful man ❤
Mr Claypole!
The way he sings in that clip reminds me a bit of Holly Johnson 👍
Oh, how I wish there was footage of this! 😂 This is great, THANK YOU for uploading it!
Awesome video, thanks so much for uploading, Ray Shell’s unmatched for me as Rusty and I always find myself missing this number. The piece that falls off his costume at the beginning adds some charm to this XD
This song is really awesome. Ray Shell will always have a place in my heart as my Rusty!!!!
What a hottie.
I worked with Michael did not know him well; saw him just before he died far too young like many others during the forgotten pandemic
2:42
You know it boy
Thankyou for uploading this, he was an amazing performer .. he had so much more to give.. but what he left is clearly still inspirational and here I am at 42 still searching for him, guessing he would be 70 plus now! His Mr Claypole was my childhood!
This guy was my childhood. I've only just discovered how amazing he was. Love him. X
Thank for posting this. I used to write Michael a lot when I was a child. He always wrote back. Fabulous man.
Who’s that Greaseball? It sounds like Drue Williams, but I don’t remember when he was GB.
Yes that's Drue Willaims - nice catch! He took over in the mid 1980s and I believe left in the 90s. Here's a great bit of history with him kzread.info/dash/bejne/dWlm0pODdb2phtY.html
@@lilchwis4423 Thank you!! Man, I love Drue! I knew him originally from The Baker’s Wife, and I found his Pumpin Iron a little while back!!
How cool!!!
Sounds a bit like ‘Fame’ by Bowie. Great bit of history. x
Is that Frances ruffelle?
Sure is! Frances was the original Dina.
Is this Michael Staniforth?
Artie Race I believe this is Peter Rees. Michael Staniforth left some time in 1986.
@@lilchwis4423 thank you!
He has the perfect voice for this role
Agreed, he was a very talented man.
Hi there, Rusty! Rusty, bye bye.
i love how he gets more bouncy and in-character as the song goes on! he was so talented. those high notes!!!
He performed it once on Blue Peter. I wonder if it's in an archive somewhere.
I would love to see a video of that somewhere. I never found any videos or anything on this number (though olc stuff is hard to find) so I assumed it was the only video of Michael Staniforth performing it. I hope such a recording exists somewhere, it would be sad if that was gone forever.
I detect Sir richard stilgoe lurking in the back ground making sure everything is just so ..no doubt 😏😊
Fantastic to see this, he was so talented
Is Mr Claypole in this?
Yes.
And that's Tracey Ullman as Pearl!
Hi - I'm creating a video about Rentaghost for my channel and would like to use a small piece of this clip if possible?
Nice👍
Amazing to see, thank you x
0:42 I have no clue who that man is but he looks so depressed to be wearing all that train makeup
Looks like Tom Jobe who later went on to play Electra
That was the current Electra
It's Zaine Griff, who played Electra during this workshop.
I think youve not got a workshop clip youve got a rare clip of the rehearsal of it in a studio before the show starts!
100 percent the workshop performance.
definitely a workshop. He's (Michael) seen I. that same outfit in other workshop clips.
Just googled the words - Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. See the news on you TV Rail disaster Ever wonder why was he Getting faster Every time the red caboose Takes a train Seems to loose it's braking shoes Can't explain (Stop that train) Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. Hiding at the back of the freight train Unsupected When they robbed the great train I collected While the feds shake their heads I'm on the loose There each time at the scene of the crime The red caboose (Stop that train) Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. The state police they don't suspect I got old ninety seven wrecked Interpol don't know that I Crossed the bridge on the river Kwai Seems like any train that takes me Just doesn't get the brakes Somebody go fetch a cop Another train just failed to stop (Brake that train) Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. Ten four Smokey bear I could be anywhere You know I'm to blame But you don't know my name Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. C.B. Hanging loose C.B. The red caboose
The lyrics are different here tho, as it's the workshop production
I knew C.B. was bad but this is DARK. What a great villain.
nuh uh
Thaaaaaank you. My dream show !!!!!!! I want to be in this show.
As a theatre fan I love Starlight Express but what song is this? Anyone elaborate for me?
This song is "CB" from the original production of Starlight Express in London (on Broadway, it was changed to "Wide Smile"). It was cut from a lot of tours, and the character was cut sometimes too (mostly in the UK tours, and in the "New Starlight Express" London revision). It was in every version in Bochum, and was known as "Mein Spiel." The song just recently got updated text in Bochum, as they reworked the character entirely. It's probably one of my favorite songs in the show, along with Liebesexpress and Pumping Iron. I personally dislike the changes to the Red Caboose in the new 2018 revisions in Bochum, as they took away the whole double-sided personality of him and just made him strictly evil.
@@lilchwis4423 taking out There's Me was a crime. I saw Michael play this part three times as a ten year old and cried every time.
@@lilchwis4423 Oh no, they changed Caboose like that? 😣 I've only recently got into STEX, and I've read about some changes they've made since 2017 that I really dislike; changing "A Whole Lotta Locomotion" to "I Got Me," changing "Crazy," changing "Dinah's Disco" ... all to pander to modern ideals, and it completely changes the characters and takes out the fun and innuendos. 😒 UGH, add one-noting C.B.'s character to the list, I guess. 🙃
@@outlawssweetheart Yeah they have changed the show a lot. The idea is to keep it fresh so people are more likely to return knowing something new and fresh is there. That being said, I have a soft spot for Caboose as he was always my favorite as a kid... and I think the current version really is butchering the character. Anyone can have their own opinion, but I feel like there was something special that was lost. If you aren't familiar with German, definitely check out the Broadway production! Someone uploaded it here on KZread, and it's quite a good version!
Shame hes no longer with us , great performer in this and in Rentaghost and loving Richard Stilgoe watching in the background. Ive met Richard Stilgoe
Richard Stilgoe looks almost the same lol
You met Stilgoe ??? I'm jealous
More videos please ?
I think you may have got the date wrong of his birth as it would make him 42 when he appeared in STEX, im pretty certain he was younger than that. I know it says the same on Wikipedia too, but i think thats gotta be wrong too.
jonathan clay Yeah I just copied the dates from Wikipedia so
He was in his early 20s when he did Rentaghost & ghe cast change over for A chorus line in the 70s so i think he was probebly mid/late 20s when he did STEX. Steph Lawrence was one of the oldest in the show at around 30(which by future Pearl actresses cast in the role is quite old by stex standards) But yeah I remember Michael passing as a kid and being really upset by it as he was one of my heroes from Rentaghost as a kid. He was very young though. tken too soon. :-(
jonathan clay Michael was born in 1942 making one of the older cast members of Starlight Express. He had a long career as a musical theatre performer before that in shows such as Hair, when he was indeed in he’s twenties. Michael died in 1987 at the age of 44. Trust me, I know. He is very much missed.
Kate Peake I resent him being gone. I listened to Starlight Express often in my childhood in the 90s.
Kate Peake because he still comes across as so contemporary and lovable, it feels as if he could be a star today, he is very much missed but also still very present in our consciousness and memories of his fantastic work on stage and TV.
I've always wanted to see the original Opening for the 2nd Act. The rap they did was decades ahead of 1984. The best 2nd Act opening for 'STRLGT XPRSS'.
There's now a video up of an entire London performance from 1988. It seems to have the original Rap in it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aK6n1stqosm6orQ.html
This best video I've seen on KZread. I'm gonna send this to Ray Shell.
Ray was so shocked when he saw this footage.
excellent find!
Great video once again! I’m amazed on how you find these, they’re so rare. Thanks for the upload.
Thanks for posting this! The choreography from Greaseball and the diesels are great :)
Lyrics: Control, Control This is turning into a real grudge match Take a chill pill everyone We're gonna settle this on the track So let's be friendly, let's have fun And let's get hitched Every engine choose a track Pick up the loops and climb on the back Train now standing on platform nine Get off the platform back on the line All line up and promenade Let's have a look at the trains we've made Hey, Electra chose the freezer Now Espresso best not eat, he got a Buffy, got her flashly Bobo's making smoke with Ashley Dinah's got her Greaseball lined up Come on Pearl, make your mind up All along we won't get far Take your wagons to the start Hurry up Rusty, get joined on Too late, train time gone
This is pretty good quality! :)